artefacts

Hundreds of artefacts stolen from museum in Bristol in ‘high-value’ raid as police issue appeal
December 11, 2025
More than 600 artefacts have been stolen from a building housing items belonging to a museum in Bristol.The items were taken from Bristol Museum's British Empire and Commonwealth collection...
Egypt recovers new artefacts submerged in the Mediterranean
August 21, 2025
Egypt has recovered new sunken artefacts from the Mediterranean Sea near the northern city of Alexandria for the first time in nearly 25 years, officials said on Thursday.Divers used...
European police operation seizes 38,000 looted cultural artefacts
May 22, 2025
Investigators and customs officers from 23 countries have seized around 38,000 valuable cultural objects and arrested 80 suspects in the fight against the international theft of cultural property, the...
Uni finds 350,000 African artefacts in storage
December 3, 2024
An estimated 350,000 African artefacts, from human remains and photographs to natural history specimens and manuscripts, have been found in a university's collections.Dr Eva Namusoke spent 15 months liaising...